On Oct 28, 8:07 pm, Mojo <gjtra...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I distinctly remember Grant sending out an email a few years back
> saying the sharp edges of seatposts like the A/C would void the
> warranty of broken Brooks rails. At least that is how I remember it.
> Me, being the reckless daredevil adrenalin junkie that I am, have kept
> my 80s era A/C post on my Quickbeam with a B17 bolted to it. So far so
> good.
>
Wow, I've got to be careful with what I say. You remember well,
though. Back then, and I think it was ore than a few years ago, we saw
three or four broken rails in a few months time, and each rider had an
AC post. It may have been a coincidence, but what you want in a seat
post (one of the things) is a longish rail support area, to minimize
the rocking that causes fatigue and failure (fatigue failure!).
Another is radiused edges to soften the bite.
Brooks saddles used to have a lifetime guarantee, but that's like
Anderson offering a lifetie guarantee on its windows. The saddle or
window breaks, the culprit (seat post, seat post adjustment, abusive
riding, a rock, a baseball, a bullet) always skates.
Brooks had people getting new saddles after five, ten, twenty years.
Campagnolo pre-1985 or so replaced broken parts that were twenty years
old. I remember friends of mine thinking Wow Good Deal, twelve years
of hard use (in those days people bought a part and used it till it
broke, because there was no upgrading from Campy), and they'd start
anew again. That lead to ungrooved and uningraved cranks with no
lifetime warranty.
NITTO doesn't make the only good seat posts, by far, but if YOU
(plural) knew Mr. Y like I do, and for as long as I have, you'd stick
with NITTO posts. He's really nice, really conscientious, tests
everything, and lost about 90 percent of his business after the Yen
was devalued in 1985.
Slightly off-topic, but if the topic is testing in general, NITTO
conducts its own in-house tests that far exceed the standards of any
outside testing organization (CPSC, JIS, DIN, EN). That doesn't mean
that nothing NITTO makes breaks, but the only NITTO post I've seen
that broke .. was a broken bolt, and bolts, even good ones, can break
like windows under the right circumstance.
NITTO's conservatism doesn't always help it. It means the parts weigh
more than the lightest equivalents, but NITTO tests many of the
competitor's parts, and gram for gram, NITTO's are stronger. (NITTO
does not publish these tests, but does it for its own education, and
we know of it only because over the years we've asked, "Hey, the XYZ
widget weights 80g less than yours, and you're so good, so why can't
you make one that light?" And the answer is always, "It won't pass our
tests."
Last thing, sorry it's so long: We don't list the NITTO's weight
limits for its racks because they're too unimpressive.(Warning to
enemies: No fair quoting that out of context.) They're unimpressive
because Nitto tests a rack to its breaking point, and then divides by
ten to get the "weight limit."
Halloween night here, watching the World Series, handing out Halloween
treats. Two bowls. One with normal candy, the other with in-the-shell
walnuts, Brazil nuts, and almonds. These kids have never even seen
nuts in the shell. They don't know what they are.
O'er and out..
G
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